Azeroth’s Death Track

The Great Rift, one of the most forbidding areas of the Tanaris Desert.

There are many strange things hidden in this great desert. There are traces left by ancient civilizations. In the ruins of Dongyue, lucky diggers can often dig out valuable things, such as some gold-encrusted pots or buried Antiques that have been buried in the sand for thousands of years.

There are also things that are dangerous for anyone, such as the swarms of sand mallet ogres, these stupid guys wander around in the desert, and will rob all travelers who pass through this desert along the way, even the travelers themselves. , will be used as food...

In addition to the Goblin Consortium of Gadgetzan and Steamwheedle Port, the ethnic groups in the Tanaris Desert also have Sandfury trolls living in the far northwest of the desert. Don't underestimate these trolls. During the period, there was a very large troll clan. This kind of hegemony in the desert has continued to this day. Almost one-third of the Tanaris desert is the territory of Sandfury. These trolls reject all travelers who enter this place without authorization. them.

And in their holy city of Zul'Falakri, there are also hidden legends about ancient troll artifacts and terrifying abyssal behemoths. In short, no one can tell whether it is true or not.

But the big rift, the big rift is special in the Tanaris Desert. Even before the worm-man activities, this piece of land covered by strange purple-red horny things is also a notoriously fierce place. There are few traces, and no wild beasts will venture too close to this dangerous land, which stretches all the way to the southernmost part of the Tanaris Desert... even directly adjacent to the South Sea.

No one knows how many worms live under the Great Rift. In fact, the worms appeared here long before the Goblin Consortium built a commercial city in the Tanaris Desert. It is said that they once fought against the Sandfury trolls. However, the civilization of the goblins grew up under the peeping of the bugs, but for hundreds of years, the bugs did not take a step beyond the Great Rift, as if something was stopping them.

The night elves have a saying that the bugs on the Tanaris side are actually descendants left after the Qiraji army retreated at the end of the Quicksand War 1,000 years ago. The order from the Insect Empire behind the wall...Of course, this kind of talk is not widely spread, at least the goblins don't want this horrible message to affect Gadgetzan's business activities.

However, the current big counterattack of the insects in the Tanaris Great Desert seems to prove that the night elves are correct.

The bugs of the Great Rift have orders...and they're attacking.

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Shua, Shua

In the center of the big rift, a few humans wearing weird leather armor are walking on a strange purple-red horny-covered land. These are agents from MI7, and they are performing special tasks here.

A bug is coming! Take cover!

The leading agent suddenly raised his hand, and the people behind him immediately rushed towards the surrounding stone pillars, pressing their bodies tightly against the surface of the stone pillars, and accompanied by the rustling sound, a huge team with sharp tentacles and molars The Qiraji soldier insects came out of the wormhole next to them. The tentacles on the top of these beetle-like magnified beetles danced around, as if they had noticed some movement.

They approached the area where the agents were, and several agents immediately held their breath, but the strange thing is that after entering this area, the ferocious soldiers with a keen sense of smell and touch seemed to be drunk, and they couldn't even walk. They became staggering, and after lingering for a few minutes, they lined up and left here as quickly as when they came.

The crisis is over!

The agent captain made a gesture, and several agents came out from their hiding places. They looked at the soldiers and insects going away, a young team member patted the leather armor and said to the others:

The potion provided by those weird nerubians is really useful...what's it called? Burnout hormone?

It is said that it is a substance extracted from the body of the qiraji by the nerubians. It can confuse low-level insects, but it is not so good for high-level insects.

An older team member reminded:

This thing isn't omnipotent, so we still have to be careful when we move, but seriously, where the hell is that damn mother bug? We've pretty much turned the whole Great Rift over.

It should be around here...

The captain who had been silent all this time took out a simple map and compared it with the surrounding reference objects, he said in a deep voice:

The other agent brothers have already searched the surroundings, and the reference range is narrowing. If we are lucky, the damn command female is in this nest under our feet... Now, take the flare gun and take Great weapon, let's go in and have a look!

After finishing speaking, the captain drew out the dagger at his waist and the pistol equipped with a silencer, stepped on the disgusting purple-red creeper, and went all the way deep into the spiral wormhole passage underground. Currently, several positions in the Tanaris Desert Attracting a large number of enemy troops, the soldiers on the anti-insect front kill a huge number of insects every day, so the insects in the big rift are constantly being replenished to the front line. During the process, the number of bugs inside the Great Rift has also become much rarer.

Of course, this rareity is relative... the number of bugs in the Great Rift is still amazing.

However, this still creates conditions for the activities of the agents. The Thunder agent team organized by Xiao Er as the leader has recently been constantly looking for female insects in the nests of the Great Rift. They have killed at least 13 females in charge of reproduction. insect.

But according to the nerubian elder, in a worm nest as large as the Great Crack, there must be a commanding female worm, or a brain worm.

The social model of the Qiraji is very similar to the Scourge of the Undead. It is a standard pyramid structure. Subordinates cannot disobey the orders of their superiors. The superiors in the system have absolute control over the subordinates. Unlike the Scourge of the Undead, the natural disasters The low-level commanders are wise enough to command the low-level undead without the Lich King's orders, but the bugs don't!

Even high-level soldiers and worms have low intelligence and are completely unable to command large-scale swarms. Therefore, after the number of swarms reaches a certain limit, they will be commanded by special brain worms with superb intelligence. They are equivalent to the role of commanders in the army, usually hidden in the worm nest, once the war starts, the brain worms will issue specific combat instructions...

In a large-scale war, once the brain worms are wiped out, the huge number of worms will immediately fall into chaos, and they will only rely on instinct to attack, and the threat will be greatly reduced... in my genes In my memory, the Troll Empire defeated the incomparably powerful Yaqi Empire by constantly beheading brain worms.

This is one of the secrets about the swarm that the Nerubian Elder, the Dismantler Scriss, told the agents when they were training. Find the cerebrate in the Great Rift before crushing it, and perform a well-aimed assassination raid that will turn the tide of battle in Tanaris.

But this is not a simple matter. There are insect nests all over the ground in the big crack. It is quite difficult to find a brain worm in these small insect nests. This requires agents to investigate one by one, and walking in the insect nest, It only takes a small mistake to completely ruin an elite team. The agents did kill 13 female worms for breeding, but their own losses were also very large.

Hush!

The moment it penetrated under the insect nest, the captain of the current team immediately issued a silent gesture, and a group of people advanced silently in the shadows. After passing through the defense line of several soldiers and insects, In the deepest part, they saw a... weird female bug.

It was very similar to the form of the Nerubian Elder. The lower body was a worm body covered with limbs, while the upper body was similar to a humanoid body covered with a red robe, but it had no arms. Instead, it was replaced by several black slender Tentacles, and looking carefully, the red robe is actually a mutated carapace. The bug's head is also covered with compound eyes, and between the swinging of those black tentacles, the dark air around it becomes sticky.

Obviously, this is a bug with powerful spiritual power...

Brainworm!

The captain clenched his fists fiercely, he made a gesture, and the group quietly exited the nest.

A few seconds later, a bright, silent magic flare exploded over the nest. In nearly 20 minutes, several spy teams who were probing around gathered at the entrance of the nest.

Are you sure?

Xiao Er, who was wearing a black combat uniform, wore a black mask that covered half of his face. He asked in a low voice:

Just under our feet?

Yes, captain, about 15 meters down, this is a hidden worm nest, the underground area is much larger than it looks on the surface, the brain worm should also be commanding the army on the ground, it didn't find us ...

The secret service captain said cautiously to Shaw:

But there are a lot of soldiers and worms underground, they should be troops protecting the brain worms! It's very difficult to force a breakthrough.

Xiao Er nodded, he thought for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the others:

Give me all the bombs you carry!

team leader!

When the other agents heard what Xiao Er said, they all understood what Xiao Er was going to do. An old agent stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Er's arm. He said in a deep voice:

This is too risky! You alone can't stop those soldiers!

So I need you to build me a temporary position on the ground... After I detonate the first batch of bombs, I need you to open a way for me among the swarms that follow the sound...

Xiao Er smiled and patted the shoulders of others:

What? Don't you believe in my stealth skills?

Xiao Er has special stealth and concealment skills. This is not a secret in SI:7, but the agents are still a little unacceptable for the captain to personally perform such a suicide-like task, but they can't hold back Xiao Er. Strong demands, and finally... the ring containing nearly 40 high-explosive bombs was handed to Shaw.

The bomb will directly blow up the worm's nest, but it may not be able to completely kill the brain worm... These worms always have some weird abilities.

Before entering the hive, Shaw said to the others:

Contact the 7th Legion, I need an airship capable of dropping huge amounts of explosives...then wait for my signal!

After finishing speaking, Shaw took a step forward and disappeared into the air in broad daylight. After he left, the old agent looked back at the captain behind him. He took out the standard pistol at his waist and clicked. Unbolt the gun:

Build a defense line at a safe distance! Contact the rear legion! The outcome of the Tanaris battlefield depends on us this time! Right here, stick to the end!

Obey!

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drop

With a faint sound, the timer of the high-explosives was turned on. In the shadows, Shaw installed the last bomb on the pillar of the insect nest 15 meters below the ground. More than 40 bombs detonated together, enough to blow the A huge amount of sand was blown to pieces, and the weight of the soil was enough to crush most of the worms to death. Coupled with the perimeter defenses and the upcoming assault airship, it was impossible for the brain worms that dominated the Great Rift to leave alive.

The shadow diffused behind Shaw's body in the form of black mist, as if he himself had been completely integrated with the black mist. This was caused by the Loa God's affinity for the shadow after accepting the power of old Gani. As a result... these black mist are the embodiment of shadow power. With their help, Xiaoer's stealth will not be noticed by the bugs at all.

But this is only for bugs... For more advanced creatures, for those creatures that have transcended the loa, Shaw is as conspicuous as a black bug on a white paper, but unfortunately, the anti-worm front They just knew that there was another power behind the bugman, but they didn't know what that power represented.

hum

A strange mental wave pierced into Xiao Er's heart, causing him to cover his head in an instant, but he still had a sliver of reason. Before the pain in his head became more intense, he took a step back, and before the bugs found him, he Hidden in the shadows.

But with that sudden voice, that phantom, Xiao Er felt as if he was standing in front of a huge black eyeball, and the illusion in his mind was like a black and white hell. Horror eyes were cast on him, and in front of those eyeballs, Xiao Er felt as if he was looking directly at a god!

You...flesh bug...

Open your heart!

let me see...

A thunderous voice resounded through Xiao Er's soul. At this moment, the old Gani, the loa god who sheltered Xiao Er, let out a horrified scream, as if frightened, and the shadow power wrapped Xiao Er. Er wanted to drag him out of the vision in front of him.

But... even Loa, in front of this ancient demon, seems so fragile...

roll!

The voice of Huang Zhong Dalu was shaking, and the strength of old Gani seemed to be forcibly expelled. At this moment, Xiao Er was completely pulled from Xiao Er's body, and Xiao Er, who was hiding in the shadows, seemed to be forced out. Pulled out, under the vibration of that strange force, Xiao Er's body was smashed into the soldier worm, and the brain worm also waved its slender tentacles, approaching Xiao Er who was shocked by the soul.

It's over...

This was Xiaoer's last thought in a daze, but just before he lost himself completely under the power of the ancient god C'Thun, he saw...

A figure descended from the sky... a black, familiar figure.

You look really miserable...the other me...